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  1. stringer bell
    We can continue the game thread here when the game resumes.
  2. stringer bell
    Go get ‘em tomorrow.
  3. stringer bell
    So, if the game is washed out, do they play a doubleheader tomorrow?
  4. stringer bell
    Strike 3 wasn’t in the box. Closer pitches were called balls when Archer was pitching in the first and second innings.
  5. stringer bell
    1-0. Will it count?
  6. stringer bell
    14 to go Chris!
  7. stringer bell
    The ideal would be a five inning “complete game” from Archer as the Twins prevail 3-1.
  8. stringer bell
    They haven’t taken anyone off the 40-man. The two COVID IL players don’t count on the 40-man, so when they’re brought back someone will have to be taken off. 60-day IL candidates would include Sanó and Paddack. DFA could be Godoy (if the Twins want to only carry two catchers on the 40-man) and so far ineffective minor leaguers on the 40-man including Vallimont and Strotman. Cotton could be DFAed again at the risk of losing him via claim or free agency.
  9. stringer bell
    Since the delayed start of the 2022 major league season, the Twins have called up a host of players from their Triple A affiliate in St. Paul. Some guys like Gilberto Celestino, Trevor Larnach and (I guess) Kyle Garlick played little if at all for the Saints. Since then, top prospects Jose MIranda and Royce Lewis have been recalled. Yesterday, Jharel Cotton and Mark Contreras were recalled to the Twins. It was posted on this site (unofficially) that Cuban righty Yennier Cano will be recalled today. Looking at the box scores of the last couple days, I don't see much help available across the river in St. Paul. There are several pitchers with big league experience, but that would be middle inning relievers and sixth or seventh starter options. Several position players have major league experience, but none could be called a prospect. Jermaine Palacios would be a fun story if he was promoted, but he probably wouldn't move the needle much for the Twins. It has become common to populate AAA with guys with limited upside. It seems to me that this is exactly what is left in St. Paul as we reach mid-May. I wonder if some promotions from Wichita are in order. The top 7 in their lineup last night had OPS over .700, with the lowest being Austin Martin, who is among the league leaders in steals and is still rated as a top prospect. A number of the Wind Surge pitchers have also done well, including Simeon Wood Richardson, Louie Varland and Matt Canterino, and four or five relief options.
  10. stringer bell
    Reading the ESPN report on last night's game, Coulombe's injury was a left hip inflammation. I thought it was his arm. Sounds like 15 days on the IL, but not a season ending injury.
  11. stringer bell
    The top prospects really didn't do much, but still a lot of good news on the farm. I've said this before, but probably the best news is that the top prospects are not on the IL and are playing.
  12. stringer bell
    Godoy is here because he was healthy and on the 40-man roster. He would be first. I think Kirilloff is next, particularly if Arraez is one of the guys activated.
  13. stringer bell
    I mostly agree. However, despite making a number of running catches, I'm not sure that Celestino is doing that well in the field. He seems to have misjudged a number of balls and seems to get late jumps far too often. He's found holes with balls put in play and his BABIP might be unsustainable, but he isn't striking out much and has hit the ball hard fairly frequently. To me, it is a mixed bag which will be sorted out by a larger sample size.
  14. stringer bell
    It wouldn't be Cano that the Twins would lose. If he is added, he gets options and can freely be sent back and forth to St. Paul (unlike Cotton). The problem is making room on the 40-man roster. The Twins haven't moved anyone to the 60-man IL of late and Sano and Paddack are candidates, as well as Coulombe, if his injury is serious. Ineffective 40-man guys not in the majors (Strotman and Vallimont) could be DFAed as well as Godoy, if the Twins want to only carry two catchers on the 40-man roster.
  15. stringer bell
    It's not helping Kirilloff or the team for him to be with the Twins right now. As soon as some semblance of order is restored with the roster, AK needs to either go on the IL or be optioned to St. Paul.
  16. stringer bell
    That is what Levine said. So the full story is that COVID IL players are not on the 40-man roster, but their place on the 26-man roster must be taken by players on the 40-man roster. So when Arraez and Bundy return, two players must be subtracted from the 40-man roster. Sano would be a candidate for the 60-day IL and Paddack, if he does have surgery. Also Coulombe, if his injury is serious. Cotton could be DFAed and there are a few 40-man pitchers who have not had good seasons to date (Strotman and Vallimont) and finally Godoy, who has been on the squad a few days, but hasn't played.
  17. stringer bell
    Misleading stat of the game: the Twins hit Verlander literally infinitely better the third time through the order.
  18. stringer bell
    I swear I wrote that before Gio tapped into the DP.
  19. stringer bell
    Odds of a GDP? I checked the Twins are third in the AL.
  20. stringer bell
    I thought he did what he could. Alex Kirilloff is not Buxton or even Nick Gordon. He couldn't get to the ball in good throwing position and being left handed made it that much more difficult. This game is giving every appearance of one of those sixty games a team is going to lose.
  21. stringer bell
    4-0 now seems like 12-0.
  22. stringer bell
    The next hit was.
  23. stringer bell
    The last two hits weren't well-struck, but five walks and three hits is a lot of base runners.
  24. stringer bell
    Dick and Justin discussing Verlander facing hitters a third and fourth time. He may not have to face any hitters as fourth time the way things are going.
  25. stringer bell
    Agreed. Going into today, the Twins had issued the fewest walks in the American League. They trailed only the Dodgers.
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